Passionate for Fitness

Passionate for Fitness

Passionate: “having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling” (Dictionary.com). Passion can be expressed as a feeling of unusual excitement, enthusiasm or compelling emotion towards a subject, idea, person, or object. A person is said to have a passion for something when he has a strong positive affinity for it. (en.wikipedia.org)

By “definition”, passion for fitness has become my purpose. Only when you see how you can give back the control of people’s destiny to themselves, you realize the powerful talent and responsibility you have been entrusted by the universe.  Sharing the knowledge acquire over years of practice, research, and education, keeps firing the flame of excitement and affinity toward a discipline that has been taken away from everyday activities. There is no reason we can be in the best performance level our bodies were designed for.

It is alarming to see how, during the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. Currently, more than 64% of US adults are either overweight or obese, according to results from the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). And, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “in 2009, the self-reported overall prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults had increased 1.1 percentage points from 2007. Also, prevalence of high BMI in childhood has remained steady for 10 years and has not declined.”

For that reason, I left a successful career in marketing and advertising in order to work entirely in assisting people to transform their lives physically, mentally, and spiritually. Realizing that, it will take more than just teaching regular classes or doing private sessions. The message had to resonate with the population. I wanted to empower many to achieve significant, if not dramatic, changes with their bodies. I wanted to make people believe in their potential with the same drive as I believe in them. They can transcend the effect of self-sabotage or having to justify their fitness effort to others. Then, the LucilaFit philosophy was thought: Fitness Responsibility, Intelligent Movement, and ABdominal Factory.

Fitness Responsibility focuses on accepting accountability for our current wellbeing and not blaming it on other people or circumstances. It, also, encourage to make it a habit to nurture our body with healthy choices in nutrition and physical activity. Intelligent Movement focuses on understanding that our body is meant for movement. That being seated is not a natural posture. It’s foundation for movement should be monitored by 4 key factors: alignment, control, effort, and oxygenation. ABdominal Factory focuses on the principle that weight loss start at the ABdomen (no, AB is not a typo…is a reminder!). To achieve it, you must first know the muscles location, action, and how to engage them effectively without activating the hip flexors or the neck.

It might be a long process, but, we must start educating our families, in general, that to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight isn’t about short-term dietary changes. It’s about a lifestyle.

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